More details please. How many miles ? Rust in the tank ? sat how long ? Front brake stuck ? Does it have ignition ? You have to supply many answers to get some. Expect a lot of work before you get any results. 550 is a rare bike. Lot of fun to ride, great performance. If you can invest the time and $$, it'll be worth it. Parts scarce. Be prepared to submit pix as you go.
--- On Wed, 4/29/09, Cdawgdevine <[email protected]> wrote: From: Cdawgdevine <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] New to nighthawks and was hoping for more then a few pointers To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 7:47 PM Hi every one, I was hoping for some help with this bike, its a 1983 nighthawk 550, a friend of mine gave it to me due to the fact that he didn't have the time to try to get get it up and running again. So there are many issues with it, and i took it on as my project with the hopes of getting it up and running. So any help would be much appreciated. So to start off i replaced the battery and the starter is working but the bike is not firing up. From what i have read so far I think I should clean the carbs and drain all the old fuel. Is that a good first step. Along with replacing the spark plugs? second I think the electrical system is a little screwy, I know that under the head light the fuse box one of the plugs is screwed and i was going to replace the whole box hoping it might be the issue with my gauges and turn signals third is that my tail light as soon as the battery is hooked up stays on even with out the key in the ignition with any luck hopefully some one if not all of you in this group would be able to help me out. I would like to do all the work my self even though the only other things i know how to work on are jet skis from when i was a little younger so to put it simply the only thing i have going for me right now is knowing that the starter turns and that the oil in the case is fresh and new thanks colin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
